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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday January 17 2018, @11:02PM   Printer-friendly
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Exclusive: U.S. lawmakers urge AT&T to cut commercial ties with Huawei - sources

U.S. lawmakers are urging AT&T Inc, the No. 2 wireless carrier, to cut commercial ties to Chinese phone maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and oppose plans by telecom operator China Mobile Ltd to enter the U.S. market because of national security concerns, two congressional aides said.

[...] Earlier this month, AT&T was forced to scrap a plan to offer its customers Huawei handsets after some members of Congress lobbied against the idea with federal regulators, sources told Reuters.

The U.S. government has also blocked a string of Chinese acquisitions over national security concerns, including Ant Financial's proposed purchase of U.S. money transfer company MoneyGram International Inc.

The lawmakers are also advising U.S. firms that if they have ties to Huawei or China Mobile, it could hamper their ability to do business with the U.S. government, one aide said, requesting anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @11:04PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @11:04PM (#623888)

    AT&T vs Huawei vs. Congress bugs...

  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18 2018, @03:08AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18 2018, @03:08AM (#623984)

    The New AT&T is formerly Southwestern Bell and in reality Confederate Telephone.

    Trust those southern confederate rebels to be in cahoots with Chinese.